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states. >> gharib: and tomorrow, i'll be talking with the ceo of the nasdaq omx. here's what we're also watching for tomorrow. definitive answers on the holiday shopping season's bottom line: individual retailers report december sales results. weekly jobless claims are also released. and, tomorrow's "street critique" tackles the entire s&p 500 stock index. if you own an index mutual fund, how what you own is different today compared to ten years ago. our guest, howard silverblatt, index analyst at standard and poor's. "the budget crisis is our katrina". that's what california governor arnold schwarzenegger said today in his state of the state address. california's budget deficit now stands at $20 billion. schwarzenegger wants the federal government to help close that shortfall. he says california sends far more money to washington than it gets back. he wants that to change. he also proposed a big jobs program: half a billion dollars to create 100,000 jobs. >> tom: if you have a question about filing your taxes, calling the i.r.s. may not be your best bet. an i.r.s
states. >> gharib: and tomorrow, i'll be talking with the ceo of the nasdaq omx. here's what we're also watching for tomorrow. definitive answers on the holiday shopping season's bottom line: individual retailers report december sales results. weekly jobless claims are also released. and, tomorrow's "street critique" tackles the entire s&p 500 stock index. if you own an index mutual fund, how what you own is different today compared to ten years ago. our guest, howard...
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intelligence community, we turn to two who served on the 9/11 commission: former united states senator slade gorton, republican of washington state; and deputy u.s. attorney general in the clinton administration, jamie gorelick. >> woodruff: good to have you both with us. jamie gorelick, i'm going to start with you. have the reforms instituted in the intelligence community since 9/11 worked? >> they have worked but they have not worked perfectly. and that's kind of obvious from what's happened. clearly having an all-source center, a national center to fuse all the information is critical. but you still have people reading the intelligence and maybe not reading it as well as they should. you still have people providing the intelligence in ways that perhaps don't have the flags on them that they need. and a lot of this, judy, is just blocking and tackling. it's the hard work of execution. and that is apparently where we had failures. >> woodruff: senator gorton, how do you see whether these reforms have worked? >> i agree with jamie. but hi will go one step further. in this case, it wasn
intelligence community, we turn to two who served on the 9/11 commission: former united states senator slade gorton, republican of washington state; and deputy u.s. attorney general in the clinton administration, jamie gorelick. >> woodruff: good to have you both with us. jamie gorelick, i'm going to start with you. have the reforms instituted in the intelligence community since 9/11 worked? >> they have worked but they have not worked perfectly. and that's kind of obvious from...
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>> he may have taken on more than the united states senate can bear, for example, but i don't know how he could have done less than deal with health care, than deal with the economy. he had to do those things. he's put on the table some major arms control initiatives and raised the possibility of zero nukes, which makes his near-term challenges even tougher. he's told the congress that it has to deal with climate, with energy, and that's going to be enormous difficulty in this coming year. but the fact that he went to copenhagen was a huge role of the dice, particularly because conclude hundred acted. and the low-risk strategy would have been not to go and then other heads of state would not have gone. the fact that he set out to reset the u.s.-russian relationship was another high-risk roll of the dice. the engagement with iran was a high-risk roll of the dice. going to cairo and giving that speech in the heart of the arab world was a high roll of the dice. he has been somebody who has embrasd a very challenging policy. >> lehrer: do you buy walter's jimmy carter rock and a hard place
>> he may have taken on more than the united states senate can bear, for example, but i don't know how he could have done less than deal with health care, than deal with the economy. he had to do those things. he's put on the table some major arms control initiatives and raised the possibility of zero nukes, which makes his near-term challenges even tougher. he's told the congress that it has to deal with climate, with energy, and that's going to be enormous difficulty in this coming...
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states to lead to real consumption here in the united states. and again higher tax revenues for the government. i wouldn't be doing my job if i didn't nitpick a little bit. they don't detract over the all study. the term full labor rights is used without really will defining it. i wonder if that isn't a code word for more unionization, which i don't think really this is what about. the great benefit of legalization is that immigrants can enjoy the full labor rights that are available to all american workers right now. it also uses the term flexible legal limits which i think needs to be defined. but none of that should take away from i think the bottom-line headline finding of this study, that is, you have two very different organizations coming to very similar conclusions, and that is enforcement only is a policy that has not only failed but has imposed significant costs on americans as taxpayers and in our economy. if congress and the president want to create better jobs and stimulate the economy, then comprehensive immigration reform, includi
states to lead to real consumption here in the united states. and again higher tax revenues for the government. i wouldn't be doing my job if i didn't nitpick a little bit. they don't detract over the all study. the term full labor rights is used without really will defining it. i wonder if that isn't a code word for more unionization, which i don't think really this is what about. the great benefit of legalization is that immigrants can enjoy the full labor rights that are available to all...
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the jewel of public education in the united states come from k-12 to by the university college system, is now a basket case. it is a tragedy. we have a political ethic in this country that has operated for the past 25 years, and that is tax cut, tax cut, tax cut, i will never ask you to be a citizen and pick up the burden. >> in the case of california, it is hard to have sympathy for a state was spending recklessly in the good years. i will give you one example they decided was -- they decided it was in the interest of its own stanzel policy to get $3 billion for a referendum on the stem cells, which is not a state issue, but a national issue, and it is 8a slush font whose research has produced almost nothing to it white a steelworker in estate ought to be taxed to bailout california is beyond me. >> the governors actually are pretty realistic. here in california, you have a republican governor saying to the legislature that we are putting people in prisons for too long for small crimes, and bellona the budget -- ballooned the budget while we are missing with the jewel of their educat
the jewel of public education in the united states come from k-12 to by the university college system, is now a basket case. it is a tragedy. we have a political ethic in this country that has operated for the past 25 years, and that is tax cut, tax cut, tax cut, i will never ask you to be a citizen and pick up the burden. >> in the case of california, it is hard to have sympathy for a state was spending recklessly in the good years. i will give you one example they decided was -- they...
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abdulmutallab to the united states. >> underestimating al qaeda in yemen is it one of the conclusions, but there are others. there was a failure to assign anyone to follow up on the threat even with the information they had. shortcomings on the watch list kept umar farouk abdulmutallab's name from causing the radar to go up until he was already in the air. initial search of the suspect's name used the wrong spelling, that's just what we're learning from the initial report. this week i spoke to a former director of intelligence under george w. bush. welcome to you both. mr. ambassador, administration officials had told us last night that the american public would find this report in its glory pretty shooking. what in it did you find most surprise something. >> well, first of all, you use the phrase in the leadup here that the system is broken, and i don't think that's really true, and i think in the statement the white house issued today they made clear there have been a lot of successes since the reforms took place after 9/11. as john brennen said, hindsight is 20/20 vision. we've had
abdulmutallab to the united states. >> underestimating al qaeda in yemen is it one of the conclusions, but there are others. there was a failure to assign anyone to follow up on the threat even with the information they had. shortcomings on the watch list kept umar farouk abdulmutallab's name from causing the radar to go up until he was already in the air. initial search of the suspect's name used the wrong spelling, that's just what we're learning from the initial report. this week i...
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how does the future of california impact the rest of the united states? our exclusive interview with california governor arnold schwarzenegger. plus, obama's priorities for the upcoming year. how will the shifting landscape affect health care and the economy? after the attempted christmas day airline bombing exposes cracks in the nation's security system, the president promises to keep the country safe. >> i am less interested in passing out blame than i am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer. for ultimately, the buck stops with me. >> insights and analysis from andrea mitchell and nbc news political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd. >> first, good morning. live from los angeles, we have come here to put a spotlight on a state that is on the leading edge of this country's economic downturn. we'll speak with governor arnold schwarzenegger in a few minutes. amid all of the political tension there is news developing this weekend back in washington. that the president released a statement yesterdaytanding beh
how does the future of california impact the rest of the united states? our exclusive interview with california governor arnold schwarzenegger. plus, obama's priorities for the upcoming year. how will the shifting landscape affect health care and the economy? after the attempted christmas day airline bombing exposes cracks in the nation's security system, the president promises to keep the country safe. >> i am less interested in passing out blame than i am in learning from and correcting...
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we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> i am less interested in passing out blame than i am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer. for ultimately the buck stops with me. as president i have a solemn responsibility to protect our nation and our people and when the system fails, it is my responsibility. >> president obama taking responsibility this week for america's closest brush with airline terror in years. he suggested no one will be fired at least for now and he ordered a series of reforms including tougher rules for putting people on the no fly list, and more widespread distribution of intelligence reports. the president also renewing his declaration of war on al qaeda and its growing presence in yemen. cnn international security correspondent paula newton is in yemen for us. we'll go to her in a moment. also here in washington are our homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve and former homeland security inspector general clark kent irvin. thanks to all
we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> i am less interested in passing out blame than i am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer. for ultimately the buck stops with me. as president i have a solemn responsibility to protect our nation and our people and when the system fails, it is my responsibility. >> president obama taking responsibility this week for...
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. >> the president said he would provide access to more agencies involving threats to the united states. >>> the suicide bomber who killed seven cia agents in afghanistan. he was a double agent and found how he was able to slip through security. >> this is a doctor who slipped through security. he was providing for important information on high-level targets. >> the double ought was brought on to the base without being given a polygraph test, a basic tool. he provided bona fide information including the location of al qaeda leaders killed by drone strikes. u.s. officials say there were questions about his reliability. he had been to the base a half a dozen times and because of the information he claimed he had the cia officer told the local guards not to search him as he went past three layers of security. >> some 13 cia officers and the company formerly known as blackwater had gathered to hear his report when the bomb went off. >> american and jordanian officials believed the bomber had been rehabilitated. they hoped he would lead them to the top lieutenant of osama bin laden. >>> a bi
. >> the president said he would provide access to more agencies involving threats to the united states. >>> the suicide bomber who killed seven cia agents in afghanistan. he was a double agent and found how he was able to slip through security. >> this is a doctor who slipped through security. he was providing for important information on high-level targets. >> the double ought was brought on to the base without being given a polygraph test, a basic tool. he provided...
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one year from this week, our state will have a new united states senator. in the meantime, we have important work to do. so a few closing thoughts. i believe in bipartisan solutions, but i also believe you can only achieve those results with vibrant, robust, and civil partisan debate. i'm a democrat and very, very proud of my party's contributions to the vitality and strength of america. i would never have had the opportunity to serve in the congress had i not had the support and backing of my political party in connecticut over these years. i appreciate the passionate party activists who have never, ever faltered in their support of my efforts. i want to say thank you to my family for their tolerance of yet another generation of our family in the political arena. i'm especially indebted to jackie for her fierce loyalty, unyielding commitment to fairness and her unlimited capacity of empathy to the needs of others. she has truly been my anchor in these stormy political waters. there's nothing more pathetic in my view who announces they're only leaving publi
one year from this week, our state will have a new united states senator. in the meantime, we have important work to do. so a few closing thoughts. i believe in bipartisan solutions, but i also believe you can only achieve those results with vibrant, robust, and civil partisan debate. i'm a democrat and very, very proud of my party's contributions to the vitality and strength of america. i would never have had the opportunity to serve in the congress had i not had the support and backing of my...
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california we're missing 60,000 jobs which is a big breadbasket of the united states then they shut down a bunch that the cattlemen and their cattle. californians get their carats from china and in utah they get their potatoes which idaho is just up but they get their potatoes from china. and a bunch of oil rigs were shut down because they were too close to our farms. and lend 22 1/5 $2,000 permit. >> host: go to your question please. >> guest: it is a big deal that our government has been working on this for a while. a real quick question. it does not make a difference republican nor democrat if they expose corruption do you think they have a better chance of being elected? >> guest: hopefully am getting at the crooks of what he is talking about, i think in all of the talk of creating jobs and the jobs programs and what the democrats have proposed, there is very the attention paid to said jobs that government has destroyed. he mentioned i think referring to the central valley rather has been an artificially created drought it is a regulatory excess that created this artificial problem a
california we're missing 60,000 jobs which is a big breadbasket of the united states then they shut down a bunch that the cattlemen and their cattle. californians get their carats from china and in utah they get their potatoes which idaho is just up but they get their potatoes from china. and a bunch of oil rigs were shut down because they were too close to our farms. and lend 22 1/5 $2,000 permit. >> host: go to your question please. >> guest: it is a big deal that our government...
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i am a veteran of the united states air force. while i was there i was trained in disaster preparedness and shelter management for emergency situations. what i wanted to say is i hear that there are approximately 30 different countries or entities going over there to help. is there a possibility that you could cordon off the country -- you know, the israeli hospital unit, a military hospital unit, cordoned off and then redistrict. every neighborhood would have their own representative, their own feeding station, medical units. then the soldiers that are standing around, they could be the people guarding each new neighborhood. then while the soldiers are there, i would suggest that they are taking names and documenting the ages of the people living in their neighborhoods. eventually, we can start to find out how many family people they have, how many they lost. host: we understand your direction. how does the country plan to get a handle on who has survived? guest: since the government established his commissions -- which she said
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the united states -- we rely on their help and involvement in this process. i think that is very important for the region. the other problem, if we are talking about a ron, we hope that this problem could be solved through diplomatic means -- with iran. we need stability in the region and this will not come unless we realize we have to comply with international law and comply also in how to solve the problem by dialogue. thank you very much, madame secretary. >> thank you so much, your excellency. >> happy new year, madam secretary, your excellency. on yemen, what can you say about the latest -- the latest you can say about the terrorist threat to the u.s. embassy. given the concerns they have had about yemen, what is the u.s. prepared to do to help yemen combat their growing terrorist problem? given the embassies in discussions with the terrorist's father, how much blame do you think the state department has for not highlighting the fact that this man had a visa or pulling a visa? mr. -- your excellency, i would ask that you follow up on your comments. you s
the united states -- we rely on their help and involvement in this process. i think that is very important for the region. the other problem, if we are talking about a ron, we hope that this problem could be solved through diplomatic means -- with iran. we need stability in the region and this will not come unless we realize we have to comply with international law and comply also in how to solve the problem by dialogue. thank you very much, madame secretary. >> thank you so much, your...
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in the united states. every president in the middle east there is for lies. the problem is not to rid al qaeda. everybody looks up to the united states and wishing united states can change that system to make a free democracy so every country. yemen, tomorrow. so mall you. if you remember, all these leaders is dictators and they have a benefit from having organization like this going to keep democracy against them. we need democracy and liberty from the middle east from the leaders not from the people. you watch and see what will be. unfortunately, people in america don't realize it's the true picture in the middle east. not just saudi arabia but all middle east. host: where are you from originally? caller: i was born in egypt but i fought against russia in afghanistan and i don't realize all this is political to me. the problem truly believe me is the leader in those country. presidents are not for democracy. host ho thanks with the call. this weekend "new york times," a list of reuben writing in a clear
in the united states. every president in the middle east there is for lies. the problem is not to rid al qaeda. everybody looks up to the united states and wishing united states can change that system to make a free democracy so every country. yemen, tomorrow. so mall you. if you remember, all these leaders is dictators and they have a benefit from having organization like this going to keep democracy against them. we need democracy and liberty from the middle east from the leaders not from the...
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that makes it an older nation than the united states. generally speaking, it has had a weak central state, and that -- there is nothing really wrong with that. trying to impose a very top down central state has been part of the problem, i think. related to that, the most popular institution in afghanistan, scoring enormously high numbers is the afghan national army, which is obviously our ticket out, building that up. but when asked which institution you most admire, 82% say the afghan national army, which is seen as not operating in any particular ethnic interest and is seen as an institution that is really doing really good work. the other, and is that afghanistan is too hard or too violent. this is also completely ridiculous. you're more likely to be murdered in the united states in 1991 than in the afghan war today. the murder rate in the united states in 1991, 24,000 murders in 1991 in the u.s. population, let's say, roughly 260 million. last year in the violence in afghanistan, something like 2000 civilians died in the violence. th
that makes it an older nation than the united states. generally speaking, it has had a weak central state, and that -- there is nothing really wrong with that. trying to impose a very top down central state has been part of the problem, i think. related to that, the most popular institution in afghanistan, scoring enormously high numbers is the afghan national army, which is obviously our ticket out, building that up. but when asked which institution you most admire, 82% say the afghan national...
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and get this person got a temporary visa to be here in the united states for two your period. there are already existing regulations in the state department in federal law that flag this kind of person as someone who should not be getting a visa in this country. but there is a knee-jerk opposition to profiling of any kind. it is not simply racial or ethnic profiling. it has to do with a certain behavior the personally certain type of class profile. this is a theme of both innovation and in defense of internment. we have to be very precise and specific about what we mean when we say profiling. both of those books go into great detail. >> you wrote invasion in 2002. what has changed? are we still stovepipesing information? >> if you listen to all the intelligence officials over the last week and the weekend, it has become the case that we are doing more of the collecting of the ducks but the connecting is incomplete. i went into great detail about how we already had many existing databases in place but there was so much territorialism and the fbi does not want to share its stuff
and get this person got a temporary visa to be here in the united states for two your period. there are already existing regulations in the state department in federal law that flag this kind of person as someone who should not be getting a visa in this country. but there is a knee-jerk opposition to profiling of any kind. it is not simply racial or ethnic profiling. it has to do with a certain behavior the personally certain type of class profile. this is a theme of both innovation and in...
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we all as citizens of the united states of america, united states of america, need to be vigilant. we need to pay attention to what's going on around us. we need to watch, and listen. >> host: mr. lipton, let's begin with air marshals not allowed on airplanes overseas. >> guest: air marshals are allowed and routinely do fly on, i think if i'm correct that they generally on american, you know, carriers. that may be only limitation. it is up to foreign governments to provide security on foreign carriers, i think. i'm not sure about because they don't speak publicly very much about their operations but air marshals are very much on flights coming to the u.s. from overseas. they recognize that is perhaps, a more severe threat right now, incoming flights and there is a lot of could have. not on every flight. but a lot more than they were right before christmas, i can tell you that. and there are, i don't know, since situations where foreign governments said, i'm sorry, you can't put an air marshal on the flight leaving our country. the u.s. does have the authority to say to a carrier, y
we all as citizens of the united states of america, united states of america, need to be vigilant. we need to pay attention to what's going on around us. we need to watch, and listen. >> host: mr. lipton, let's begin with air marshals not allowed on airplanes overseas. >> guest: air marshals are allowed and routinely do fly on, i think if i'm correct that they generally on american, you know, carriers. that may be only limitation. it is up to foreign governments to provide security...
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i early on in all of this, i researched the united states response to flu epidemics in the past. sometimes we get a really right. sometimes we don't react quickly enough, sometimes we can overreact. did we produce too much vaccine? did we get it right? is there anything we can learn from the h1n1 response now for the future? >> well, i tell you, my only criticism is basically the way that the whole swine flu information was handled by the c.d.c. and many of the agencies. now, we-- it got into a little bit after scare tactic at the beginning. i know we had to educate the public, but remember, we're coming from a point of view that a lot of people are very suspicious about pharmaceutical companies, vaccination, side effects and things like that, so we alarmed a lot of folks and then when everybody was trying to get the vaccine, we didn't have enough and so, sort of a lot of missteps. i think the lessons to be learned in the future is that we just have to chronically educate the american public about the advantages of vaccination and always be prepared for the flu because this is so
i early on in all of this, i researched the united states response to flu epidemics in the past. sometimes we get a really right. sometimes we don't react quickly enough, sometimes we can overreact. did we produce too much vaccine? did we get it right? is there anything we can learn from the h1n1 response now for the future? >> well, i tell you, my only criticism is basically the way that the whole swine flu information was handled by the c.d.c. and many of the agencies. now, we-- it got...
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host: let's get to the 30,000- foot in view of health care in the united states. will you give us your view of what kind of health care the american public has right now, and then let's talk about some of the -- how much it costs us to get, and how many people don't have access. guest: in many ways, we have amazing, cutting edge of health care. we have access to unbelievable technologies, unbelievably well trained people. the same time, you can find some really abysmal health care, with a lack of access in poor communities, cities and neighborhoods, and that is a stark contrast and a major problem we are struggling with. the second major problem we are struggling with is that the pieces don't fit together for any of us. the thing we are struggling with in health reform -- we have focused on the insurance hassles and insurance organization, but we've missed the point that the deepest struggle is with the complexity. science has given us 13,000 diagnoses that we have identified as problems that the human body can sustain, 13,000 ways that the human body can fail, an
host: let's get to the 30,000- foot in view of health care in the united states. will you give us your view of what kind of health care the american public has right now, and then let's talk about some of the -- how much it costs us to get, and how many people don't have access. guest: in many ways, we have amazing, cutting edge of health care. we have access to unbelievable technologies, unbelievably well trained people. the same time, you can find some really abysmal health care, with a lack...
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one year from this week, our state will have a new united states senator. in the meantime, we have important work today. a few closing thought. i believe in bipartisan solutions. i also believe you can only achieve those results with my friends, robust, and civil partisan debate. i am a democrat and very proud of my party's contributions to the vitality and strength of america. ellen never have had the of the urgency to serve in congress had not had the support and backing of my political party in connecticut over these years. i appreciate the passionate people who of never faltered in the support of my efforts. alexei thank you to my family for their tolerance of yet another generation of our family. i am especially indebted to jackie for her fierce loyalty, unyielding commitment to fairness, and capacity and the to the needs of others. she is truly been my anchor in these waters. there is nothing more pathetic than a politician who announces that their only leaving public life to spend more time with their family. the result i hope will greet that opportu
one year from this week, our state will have a new united states senator. in the meantime, we have important work today. a few closing thought. i believe in bipartisan solutions. i also believe you can only achieve those results with my friends, robust, and civil partisan debate. i am a democrat and very proud of my party's contributions to the vitality and strength of america. ellen never have had the of the urgency to serve in congress had not had the support and backing of my political party...